Irina Slav

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• Is This The Most Important Energy Project Of 2020?

  Published 16 January 2020 | viewed 3,617 times

  The year has started well for Russia when it comes to energy. Two large energy projects have been finished, Turk Stream and Power of Siberia,…

• How Much Would It Cost The U.S. To Ditch Fossil Fuels?

  Published 27 June 2019 | viewed 4,512 times

  Decarbonizing the U.S. grid and replacing fossil fuels with renewables could cost US$4.5 trillion in investments over the next 10 to 20 years, Wood Mackenzie…

• Canada Deals Another Blow To Embattled Energy Industry

  Published 07 June 2019 | viewed 4,506 times

  The Canadian Senate voted yesterday to keep a ban on oil tankers in the northern part of British Columbia in what could be seen as…

• Tesla Posts Surprising $700 Million Loss In Q1 Earnings Report

  Published 25 April 2019 | viewed 6,265 times

  Tesla may soon announce a capital raise after Elon Musk suggested “There is some merit to raising capital,” adding “It’s probably about the right time,”…

• Tesla Races To Regain Market Share In China

  Published 22 February 2019 | viewed 1,897 times

  After last October it suffered a 70-percent slump in car sales in China, now Tesla is racing to regain lost market share by releasing its…

• Big Oil Doubles Down On Blockchain Tech

  Published 16 January 2019 | viewed 13,906 times

  Total and Chevron have joined the Vakt blockchain-based trading platform that BP and Shell launched last year, Reuters reports, adding that India’s refining giant Reliance…

• Bentley May Launch Electric Model

  Published 31 October 2018 | viewed 5,012 times

  Bentley is considering an all-electric model in a bid to reduce the carbon emission footprint of its other models, Automotive News reported this week, noting…

• Musk’s Tesla Tweet Sparks Speculation Storm

  Published 08 August 2018 | viewed 2,475 times

  Tesla’s chief executive is either unable or unwilling to stay away from headlines for any length of time, and this week is no exception. Yesterday,…

• Tesla Short Sellers Just Took A $1.7 Billion Hit

  Published 03 August 2018 | viewed 5,893 times

  Tesla is the most shorted stock among U.S. companies, and CEO Elon Musk is notoriously caustic in his Twitter comments about “Shortville.” This week, after…

• Bionic Cells: The Future Of Solar Energy?

  Published 16 July 2018 | viewed 2,994 times

  A common bacterium that lives in the human gut and can sometimes cause nasty stomach upsets can be used for good, scientists from the University…

• Tesla “Autopilot” Crashes Into Police Car

  Published 30 May 2018 | viewed 2,061 times

  A Tesla Model S crashed into a parked police vehicle in Laguna Beach, California yesterday, becoming the latest in a string of accidents involving Tesla…

• Tesla Cash Burn Soars Amid Record Revenue

  Published 03 May 2018 | viewed 2,056 times

  Tesla booked higher than expected revenues and lower than expected operating losses for the first quarter of the year, leaving analysts confused again as to…

• China’s EV Industry Is Booming

  Published 24 April 2018 | viewed 2,239 times

  A Chinese electric vehicle maker, BYD, is attracting a lot of positive sentiment from analysts covering the company, according to a Bloomberg poll among 27…

• Venezuelan Constituent Assembly Approves Oil-Backed Crypto

  Published 10 April 2018 | viewed 2,805 times

  Venezuela’s National Constituent Assembly has finally given the go-ahead to the country’s oil-backed cryptocurrency, El Petro, after initially declaring it unconstitutional. According to a statement…

• As Oil Prices Rise, Are Oil Bulls Too Optimistic?

  Published 03 August 2017 | viewed 0 times

  Optimism, at first tentative and in the last week more pronounced, has been taking over oil markets. Short positions on WTI were at a three-month…